U S Teutonic War News and Allied War Steps
Reports from Rome and Washington detail reprieves for Belgians, Roosevelt urging disbanding, and Wilson naming Herbert Hoover to lead emergency food administration. Marines to Europe, food board plan, Hilonian destroyer loss, National Guard calls, and American destroyers in British waters with early war activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Herbert C. Hoover
Hoover
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Notable Deaths and Political Turmoil Across Europe
Foreign Dr Friedrich Adler the assassin of Count Stuergkh has been sentenced to death for murder in a Vienna dispatch. John Nevil Maskelyne London conjurer is dead at seventy eight. Russia’s cabinet crisis appears settled with a policy declaration to be signed at Petrograd. Five socialistic representatives to join the cabinet. General von Vietinghoff dies at the front. Northern Pacific pay checks worth 10000 dollars missing in Spokane. Sutrell ranch near Santa Helena Texas raided 12 horses stolen across the border. Four soldiers injured by poison in Pittsburgh. Lieut Corcoran dead and 12 Guardsmen ill. Wheat falls 24 cents and flour drop to 16 dollars per barrel. Illinois oats good and wheat improving per federal crop bulletin. Vegetables in favorable condition.
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Friedrich Adler
Count Stuergkh
London
Vienna
Russia
Council of Workmen’s and Soldiers
Petrograd
Ilinois
Federal Weather Bureau
Springfield
Ill
Washington sets war policy for air and draft details
The United States outlines air war plans to produce thousands of aircraft and train pilots for the front. Secretary Baker notes selective draft timing and no early call of 500,000. Congress sets war and revenue measures with funding and tax proposals. Gardner resigns to join the army as a reserve officer. The U S loans Russia 100 million, to be spent in the United States, bringing allied aid to 625 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniels
Washington
Charles A. Doyle
Marine Barracks
Europe
United States
Council of National Defense
Jones
Baker
Kitchin
Treasury Department
Representative Gardner
Massachusetts
Congress
Army
U. S
Russia
Wilson
Mittee
Senate
House
War Efficiency Committee
American Railway Association
America
Chicago Board of Trade
Milukoff
Tereschtenko
Kerensky
Brussiloff
Gurko
McAdoo
Russ
Root
Petrograd
Belgium
European War News From the Front Reports of Torpedoed Ships and Shifts in War
The Norwegian legation in Berlin says submarines torpedoed the steamers Laly Najaden C Sundt and Garant with crew deaths. Thorum seized inside territorial waters. Highland Corrie torpedoed killing six and two passengers. Boutefeu sunk by a mine. Canada proposes compulsory service to replace losses in France. British and Italian forces push on the Julian front and Bullecourt. Cameronia sunk with 140 missing. Japanese British naval actions reported in the Adriatic and Otranto.
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Berlin
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
London
Laly
Najaden
C. Sundt
Garant
Highland Corrie
Julian Front
War Office
Strait of
Otranto
Italy
Vienna
Cadorna
Julian
Rome
France
Hindenburg Line
Fontaine-Lez- Choisilles
Bullecourt
Isonzo
Plava
Gorltz
Trieste
Germany
Haig
Queant
Laffaux Mill
St. Quentin
Petaing
Nivelle
Foch
War Ministry
Petain
Verdun
Great Britain
Navy
Admiralty
Jellico
Zeebrugge
Wilhelmshaven
Honduras
Spain
Lloyd George
John Redmond
Ireland
Ulster
Redmond
United States
Joseph H. Choate
Wilson Orders First American Division to France
President Wilson ordered the dispatch of about 28 000 veterans as the first expeditionary force to France led by Maj. Gen. Pershing. Congress approved the conscription bill, June 5 registration, and Japan sent gunboats to Marseille to aid anti submarine efforts as war aims and Russia's coalition cabinet formed amid ongoing European fighting.
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W. S. Sims
Queenstown
Zeebruggze
Beatty
Mayo
Pershing
Wilson
France
J. J. Pershing
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Japan
Europe
Marseille
Germany
Doctor Hollweg
Reichstag
Russia
England
Georg Ledebour
Empire
Herr Roesicke
German Farmers’ Union
Entente
Prince Looff
Seem
Promising Recruit Ada m Beck Applies at Armory
In Toronto Sir Adam Beck was approached by a recruiting sergeant and asked what unit he would join. He offered to leave the choice to the sergeant, noting he is nearly sixty and serves as remount commissioner for Canada. The exchange ends with the sergeant saluting the veteran figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provincial Hydro
Toronto
Adam Beck
Sir Adam
Remount
Canada
Montreal Herald
Medical Term Sparks Uneasy Praise From Doctor
A playful exchange highlights a young doctor praising a woman’s eyes in clinical terms. The woman notes the remark is technically correct yet unsettling, framing a subtle clash between charm and professional language.
Wise man flattery phrase inspires clever counsel
A proverb notes that a little flattery flatters a wise person while excess flattery satisfies a fool, contrasting discernment with naive sweetness in praise.
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Teutonic War News
Charleroi
Benedict
Vatican
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
National Guard
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
John Nevil Maskelyne
Mr. Maskelyne
von Vietinghoff
Strassburg
Amsterdam
Northern Pacific Railroad
Spokane
Wash
Sutrell
Santa Helena
Tex
Pittsburgh
W. F. Corcoran
Board of Trade At
Chicago
Houston
War Department
Thorum
Norway
Boutefeu
Austria
Paris
Canadian Army Corps
Ottawa
Ont
Robert Borden
Cameronia
London War Office
Elmer A. Sperry
Brest
Cincinnati
Jenkins
Hollweg
Edward W. Pickard
Terma
Itleiver Pill
Carter
U.S. Pat
Absorbine
W. F.young
Temple $T
Mase
Green Mountain
J. H. Guild
New York Medical Colege
New York Chemical Laboratory
Bellevue
J. H. Guild Co
Rupert, Vt
Bourbon
Lexington, Ky
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